Improving Supply Chain Robustness & Resilience? Lessons from a case study in the automotive industry during the first wave of Covid-19

Nathalie Fabbe-Costes (1) , Yasmina Ziad (1)

1 CRET-LOG - Centre de Recherche sur le Transport et la Logistique

The Covid-19 pandemic has shed light on two important but complex SCM concepts: SC robustness and resilience. This paper explores whether SC robustness and resilience should be combined and how to improve both. The research is based on an in-depth single case study at Renault Group, a global car manufacturer. Forty-three key informants involved in managing the SC during the first wave of Covid-19 shared their experience. They confirmed the usefulness of making existing SCs more robust & resilient and suggested a set of resources and practices to do so. The discussion of the results opens new research avenues.

Mots clés: Supply chain robustness; Supply chain resilience; Qualitative case study

Domaines: Gestion et management

Nathalie Fabbe-Costes, Yasmina Ziad. Improving Supply Chain Robustness & Resilience? Lessons from a case study in the automotive industry during the first wave of Covid-19. 28th EurOMA Conference - 5-7 July 2021, University of Sussex, U.K., Jul 2021, Berlin (ended Online due to Covid pandemia), Germany. ⟨hal-03306223⟩